Summer School: Crime

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Andrew Nette

Date:

15 January 2018 - 10:00
to
4:00 PM

With:

Andrew Nette

Rating:

Emerging

Whether you’re keen to start a crime novel or are partway through a manuscript, this interactive workshop is ideal for you.

Learn the elements of thrilling crime fiction through a combination of teaching and practical exercises. Explore the genre’s rules (and how to break them), touch on the history of crime fiction, consider the essential ingredients of compelling crime, and find out how to push through blockages and problem passages.

You will learn:

How to develop convincing characters

how to plot and structure your story

how to make use of setting to enhance your story

how to improve the pace of your story and build suspense

how to push through blockages and finish your novel.

About Andrew Nette

Andrew Nette is the author of two crime novels, 'Ghost Money' and 'Gunshine State'. 'Ghost Money' was shortlisted in the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards in the category of Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer. His short fiction has appeared in a number of print and online publications, including the anthologies 'Crime Scenes' and 'The Obama Conspiracy: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir', out via Three Rooms Press later in 2017. His online home is www.pulpcurry.com. You can find him on Twitter at @Pulpcurry.

Andrew shared his thoughts about crime writing with us in a Q&A. You can read it on this website.

Applications for Round 3 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund will open 16 August 2018, 10am.
Named in honour of poet, novelist and short story writer Neilma Gantner (1922-2015), the travel fund recognises the unique value of travel in the development of new writing and literary careers.